Tag Archive for ‘mission’
Mission Sunday -23rd October 2016
The book Jungle Child, by Sabine Kuegler, is the story of a family of parents and three young children who went, in 1980, to live and work with the Fayu tribe in the jungle of West Papua, Indonesia. The Fayu tribe had only recently been discovered. Within the tribe there were four clans that were […]
Thursday 7 July
Hosea 11: 1-4, 8-9; Ps 80; Matthew 10:7-15 Be a disciple Opening our hearts to God brings with it some glorious opportunities to be among those who love and serve him. We become part of the living body, representatives of his kingdom here on earth. We are like the disciples he first sent out – […]
Ranong: Marists on the Thailand-Burma border (5)
Education The mission of education is connected with love of the poor. For the really poor, education is often the fourth priority, and a luxury. Food, health, shelter all take their place before it. But without education, children exist in a vicious cycle. I see daily a young girl of about 8 years old often […]
Friday 13 May
Acts 25:13-21, Ps 103, John 21:15-19 Do you love me? Jesus asks each of us this question. When our answer is ‘yes,’ he gives us a mission of love. When it’s ‘maybe,’ he waits with patience until we grow in love. When its ‘no,’ he loves us anyway. Before you sleep imagine Jesus standing there […]
Monday 18 January
1 Samuel 15:16-23; Ps 50; Mark 2:18-22 On a mission Saul failed in obedience to God and as a consequence God rejected him as king. Our duty in obedience to God is to be heralds of God’s reign on earth. We are the disciples of Jesus who fast, pray, give alms and time and effort […]
Tuesday 6 January
1John 4:7-10, Ps.72, Mark 6:34-44 Little Things Do Count In St John’s version, the five loaves and two fish are provided by a small boy. The fish would have been very small and the loaves were what we would call buns. Jesus took that little offering and turned it into something very big. We too […]
How To Live Mission
Mission does not always involve going to foreign countries and spreading the Good News to the ends of the earth – rather, it is a call for each one of us to reach out in love to the people in our own lives who are in need of care, concern and compassion, Fr Jacob Kavunkal […]
The Little Blue Dove
The small dove was no ordinary bird. For one thing it was blue in colour and had a yellow wing. In fact most people would never have picked it as being a dove, if it wasn’t for the red childlike printing above the bird that announced this was in fact what it was. To further […]
Friday 26 September
Eccles 3: 1-11; Psalm 144; Luke 9: 18-22 It’s different today. Jesus had every reason to instruct his closest associates not to reveal his identity. It would have been only too easy for the people of that time and place, given their political expectations, to misunderstand his mission and put it in jeopardy. Today it’s […]
Monday 19 May
Acts 14:5-18, Ps 115, John 14:21-26 Love me – keep my word. Jesus is the Word of God. He knows this – his whole life is a response to the love and mission of his Father. What about you? How about sitting with this text for 20 minutes in silence. Asking God what his word […]
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